I didn’t catch the Grizz game but I can tell you that the Suns are up 18 at half on the undefeated Spurs and Wemby has two points. So basketball is just great.

My stomach has suspended me for one day.

Came all the way to Florida just to see the:

Two major voices were brought in last yr. One brought an innovative offensive structure that was successful for the Griz & now a version of it is working in MIA. Other brought a radical approach to mins & subs. It’s been a constant source of frustration & occasionally losses. Which did they keep?

Toronto man in coma since the offseason is awake and excited to go see a Grizzlies team built on dynamic play from ball handling guards led by Ja Morant, Scotty Pippen Jr, and Ty Jerome!

888-HOOP

A shame since he was planning on playing 82…

Aaaaand from there we have a range of he apologizes publicly to his teammates and we move forward all the way to never plays another game for the Grizz.

Not to pile on but it speaks even worse of Ja that he fawned over TI during the change and preseason. Talked about how their minds work together and how they read the game the same way. So…

This is far from the main thing at the moment but if some of the displeasure is from the low minutes and quick sub patterns, as suggested by Damichael Cole, I think it’s another example of why the extreme version of this style will not work in the NBA.

I hate to disagree with the man himself but personally I find an unhappy Ja to be a scary Ja.

Set aside, for a moment, the lack of leadership in the pouting and calling out coaches publicly after the game. The leader and face of the franchise tanked a game for a squad in desperate need of wins. Nasty work.

The likelihood is that this blows over for the near future and it may never amount to anything bigger than what it is right now. But I’m just advising parents of young Grizz fans out there to consider Cedric Coward jerseys under the tree.

A certain star player in search of a coach.

Everyone praised how blunt TI is but brutal honesty ain’t so fun when the honesty is pointed in your direction. Also, someone please take that man’s phone. I do not want to wake up to anything crazy.

No matter how much I love The Cup it will never love me back it appears.

Cam Spencer taking over for Jake as sneaky good foul grifter?

We had a single quarter in which role players couldn’t miss a three and it’s pretty much been 10 tons of shit otherwise.

If he misses another three I’ll just perish

Ja and Jaren scoreless in the third (2 minutes left) is a tough look

Ja,

And in what has to be his most inefficient quarter of the season Coward still shows his upside as a guy next to JJJ/Ja. He can get to quality shot types not available to the two stars.

The combined record of the teams the Grizzlies have beaten: 1-12. All wins are still good wins but perhaps brace yourselves lol

Didn’t have it on my card that the Heat’s offense could end up the source of Grizzlies hot takes but the nba is full of wonder

Spurs game ops is like early aughts ish and I love it

There’s a million tickets on resale because it’s an 8:30 Halloween tip with no Bron/Luka but I need these people to come back to reality on the prices.

Ja is battling but still doesn’t have his springs. Schedule is pretty rough from opening night to mid-November in terms of rest. Hopefully the long home stand helps even though there’s no extra rest days.

Notice a tree today.

So Zach Edey’s designation was “return to play” not “reevaluated” and the front end of the 6-9 week window given would be a week from tomorrow…

Starting lineups in the regular season are whatever but I’d imagine Coward is regularly tallying the third most minutes soon.

Probably never calling it but Ja fouled the shit out of Gillespie before the final buzzer

He just has too many game winners to argue but we are reaching the point when 12 needs to occasionally leverage the fact everyone knows he’s taking the shot and pass to a wide open teammate late game.

I’m not even sure I thought this current active roster had the capacity to win on the road when they play shitty. Running out of Phoenix like we stole something.

Every win is a good win. Every road win is a great win. Every win over the Suns is nirvana. Regardless of the how.

As soon as @therealhrdlicka.bsky.social writes that Ja has lowered his turnovers by choosing simple passes he starts slinging it all over the floor to everyone in the building.

I know nothing about the prospects but if it is true that there are three number one worthy, all-nba type guys at the top it is going to create an insane tanking atmosphere. It so drastically changes the risk/reward calculus for these teams if top three has the normal value of top one.

Slightly chilly, cloudy skies, Christmas lights up, soup of the day is gumbo… It’s a beautiful December day and I won’t be told any different.

Absent external realities of the lease situation I’d find my mind occasionally wandering towards a hard reset and watching Coward develop while the losses pile up. Only occasionally though and of course the external realities very much exist.

So funny people talking about DAWGS & how JJJ or someone should tackle Draymond. Family, OKC won the championship and probably will again. The guy who is about to be the best player on earth for the next 15 years is a bookish, chess playing Frenchman. It’s cat season for the foreseeable future.

Last night reminded me of my former baseball superfandom & what extra innings does to my brain wiring. “Okay, one more half inning then I’ll call it. Okay, but let me make sure they don’t end it in the bottom of the inning. Okay but let me see if road team scores in the top of the inning. Okay…”

One mental aspect while they wait on at least Jerome and Edey- they are going to keep losing in convincing fashion to good teams. Can’t let that dampen the overall spirit in the games against the beatable teams because they need every W so desperately.

Alright, me and Tuomas got beef now for having Ja in this game

We are far from ready for a team like that and that is okay. Try to make a little run and then get these boys some rest because the Super Bowl is Wednesday.

JAZZ!

Zebras tryna rob the Jazz of a very important win over the suns

Jazz playing my song with 5 minutes left in the 4th

Ugghhhhh this roster is so reasonable with Edey, Jerome, and Pippen. So annoying.

Odd move by TI to go away from being pretty dedicated to the Ja/Jaren stagger coming into tonight.

Santi with an absolutely absurd bananas “pass” thing that will sadly be lost to time because it yielded no points.

A beautiful Halloween miracle will be selling my Lakers tix a few minutes after LeBron news and getting to buy cheap tickets after the Luka news. 🙏